Description

French beaded flowers: Beaded Willow

Level: Beginner

This is a beginner  French beaded flowers project, however, this project does not teach the techniques. Follow the links below to learn the basics via free pdfs and videos:

Techniques:

• Basic Frame 
• Lacing

What you’ll get:

• 3 page PDF with 13 step-by-step photos
• Automatic download after purchase – if you didn’t download right away, you can login and download at a later time if you have an account or create an account at checkout

Materials:

• 100 to 150 grams 11/0 green seed beads (color A)
•  25 to 40 grams 11/0 contrasting green seed beads (color B)
• 24 gauge green copper core wire
•  30 gauge green copper-core wire
•  3 lengths of 16 gauge stem wire (15, 18, and 24 inch)

About this French beaded flowers project:

Willow branches are so versatile. There are many varieties of willow trees and colors of the leaves can vary from light to dark green. Even the stems are interesting in that the stems can vary from gray, mustard yellow, light green, and even red.
Leaf placements can also vary depending on the variety, however, leaf shapes are generally the same. By learning this one leaf shape, you can recreate any willow varieties by varying bead colors, stem colors, and leaf sizes. Willow is a great filler for your other arrangements.

Beads:

You can use whatever beads you wish but for your information, these are the beads I used:
• 11/0 Matsuno Dynamite transparent light green
• 11/0 Matusno Dynamite matte peacock green

For Color A mix: Mix in 2 grams of Color B to every 20 grams of color A.

Ways of how I’ve incorporated this French beaded flowers: beaded willow in arrangements:

This French beaded flowers pattern/tutorial CANNOT be copied/reproduced or redistributed in any way. Pattern cannot be reproduced and sold for financial gain or used as a tutorial for a class. You may sell the item that is produced in this pattern with credit to “Fen Li, Bead Flora Studio” as the creator of the pattern in your online listings or on marketing materials if selling in person. Otherwise, this pattern is for
personal-use only.

You can find me on youtube, facebook, and instagram @beadflora
Feel free to email me with any questions. I’m always happy to help.